Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 43 — Congressional Committees
§ 4336. Discretionary authority of Senate Committee on Appropriations
Statutory text
In general
The Committee on Appropriations is authorized in its discretion—
to hold hearings, report such hearings, and make investigations as authorized by paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate;
to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate;
to employ personnel;
with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration to use, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, the services of personnel of any such department or agency;
to procure the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 4301(i) of this title and Senate Resolution 140, agreed to , except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply); and
to provide for the training of the professional staff of such committee (under procedures specified by section 4301(j) of this title).
Omitted
Effective date
This section shall be effective on and after , or the date of enactment of this Act [], whichever is later.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999
Pub. L. 105–275 title I § 10 · 112 Stat. 2430
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4336
Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 10, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2435
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 10, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2435Enacted provision · exact public law section
(10) may participate in the Department of Energy’s Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) contracts program for Federal Government facilities; andPub. L. 109–55 title I § 6 · 119 Stat. 565
Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 4336(a)(5)
Pub. L. 109–55 inserted “, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply” after “May 14, 1975”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–55 inserted “, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply” after “May 14, 1975”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. Modification of Certain Consultant Requirement. Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by inserting “, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply” after “May 14, 1975”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Senate Resolution 140, agreed to , referred to in subsec. (a)(5), is Senate Resolution 140, 94th Congress, which is not classified to the Code.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 72d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is comprised of section 10 of Pub. L. 105–275. Subsec. (b) of section 10 of Pub. L. 105–275 amended section 4 of Senate Resolution 54, 105th Congress, which is not classified to the Code.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.
Amendments
2005—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–55 inserted “, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply” after “”.
Credits
1998–2005 · 2 acts
- 1998Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 10, , 112 Stat. 2435
- 2005Pub. L. 109–55, title I, § 6, , 119 Stat. 568.
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(Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 10, , 112 Stat. 2435; Pub. L. 109–55, title I, § 6, , 119 Stat. 568.)